Improved Cone of Cold, a Frost Mage talent in WoW Forever
Improved Cone of Cold is a passive talent in row 5 of the Frost tree. It needs 20 points in Frost, so the earliest you can take it is level 30 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 3 ranks. It has changed since Classic Era.
Improved Cone of Cold
3 ranks
- Requires 20 points in Frost
Increases the damage dealt by your Cone of Cold spell by 12%.
Every rank of Improved Cone of Cold
| Rank | Text |
|---|---|
| Rank 1 | Increases the damage dealt by your Cone of Cold spell by 12%. |
| Rank 2 | Increases the damage dealt by your Cone of Cold spell by 23%. |
| Rank 3 | Increases the damage dealt by your Cone of Cold spell by 35%. |
Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.
Where it sits in the Frost tree
- Needs
- No prerequisite talent
- Unlocks
- No talent needs it
- Same row
- Row above (row 4)
- Row below (row 6)
Row numbers are on the left and the number in a corner is a talent's rank count. Gold marks Improved Cone of Cold.
Compared with Classic Era
What differs from Classic Era: its rank 1 text and its position.
Position
Frost, row 5, column 3
Frost, row 5, column 1
Rank 1 text
Increases the damage dealt by your Cone of Cold spell by 15%.
Increases the damage dealt by your Cone of Cold spell by 12%.
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All Frost talents
- Frost Warding
- Improved Frostbolt
- Elemental Precision
- Ice Shards
- Permafrost
- Improved Frost Nova
- Frostbite
- Piercing Ice
- Frost Channeling
- Ice Lance
- Improved Blizzard
- Arctic Reach
- Ice Block
- Shatter
- Improved Cone of Cold
- Cold Snap
- Fingers of Frost
- Winter's Chill
- Ice Barrier
The other Mage trees: Arcane and Fire. Everything that changed for the Mage since Classic is on the changes page.
Game data from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70291, as published by talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0) on 2026-10-08 and reformatted by us. Numbers can still change before launch.